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JUAN ZUÑIGA ROMAN
PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Director/a Titulacio Master Oficial
Knowledge area: ATOMIC, MOLECULAR AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Department: Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics
Despatx 3217 Departament de Física Atòmica, Molecular i Nuclear Facultat de Física Avda. Vicent Andrés Estellés, 19 46100 Burjassot
(9635) 44586
Biography

He has a Degree in Physics (1988) and a PhD (1993) from the University of Valencia. He is currently a full professor in the Department of Atomic, Molecular, and Nuclear Physics at the Faculty of Physics. His research has focused on High Energy Physics and Astroparticle Physics. He has worked at CERN in the DELPHI experiment until 1994, where he completed his doctoral thesis, and the ATLAS experiment at the LHC (1995-1997). Since 1998, he has worked in Astroparticle Physics at the ANTARES and KM3NeT neutrino telescopes.

 

He is the co-author of 201 publications in indexed journals, with 11,117 citations and an h-index of 51. His scientific output averages 310 citations per year. He has been awarded five six-year research evaluation periods (“sexenios”). His main lines of research lie in the physics of neutrino telescopes and include (1) the study of neutrino properties, (2) the detection of astrophysical sources of cosmic neutrinos, and (3) the indirect detection of dark matter. He has participated continuously in more than 50 research projects funded by European, national, and regional governments, contributing to the creation and consolidation of the VEGA research group (Valencia Experimental Group on Astroparticle Physics).

 

Throughout his career as a university professor, he has taught Physics in the Degree in Chemistry; Mathematical Methods, Numerical Calculus, Nuclear Physics Laboratory and Physics in the Degree in Physics; and Numerical and Statistical Methods and Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics in the Master in Advanced Physics. He has coordinated the organization of the “IFIC Summer Student Programme” since its first edition in 2016. He has six five-year teaching evaluation periods (“quinquenios”).

 

He has supervised or co-supervised 9 doctoral theses, 10 Master's theses, and 9 Bachelor's theses. He has held various academic management positions, including Head of the Department of Atomic, Molecular, and Nuclear Physics for six years (2012-2018) and Director of the Master's Program in Advanced Physics since 2011.

 

Subjects taught and teaching methods
Tutorials
01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
LUNES de 15:00 a 18:00 DESPATX DESPATX FAC. DE FÍSICA (BLOC C)
Observations
Participate in the e-tutoring programme of the Universitat de València
Journal Publications
Projects
Thesis, minor thesis and research reports